Which verse states that death entered the world through sin and death spread to all men because all sinned?

• A. Romans 5:12
• B. Romans 3:23
• C. Romans 11:16
• D. Romans 10:13

Answer: (A)

Death entering the world through sin and spreading to all people because all have sinned is the clear idea here. Romans 5:12 states this directly: sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned. This ties the presence of sin to the universal experience of death, showing that mortality came because humanity sinned—whether through Adam’s act passed on to all or through the collective human sin nature. The phrase “through one man” points back to Adam, setting up the later contrast with Christ and his grace. So this verse is the precise statement that links the cause (sin) to the consequence (death) and confirms the universality of that consequence.